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What is your PIN number?_________

(PIN Formula: The first character should be the first letter of the street on which you grew up. The second character should be the first letter in your mother’s maiden name. The third character should be the last digit in your social security number. The fourth character should be the last number in your student ID number.)

Please check the appropriate box.

Disagree Agree

Strongly Strongly

□ □ □ □ □In today’s class, I learned a lot from students with whom I disagreed.

□ □ □ □ □In today’s class, I learned a lot from students with whom I agreed.

□ □ □ □ □In today’s class, I learned a lot from ideas in the text with which I disagreed.

□ □ □ □ □ In today’s class, I learned a lot from ideas in the text with which I agreed.

□ □ □ □ □ I believe that I could faithfully represent ideas presented today with which I disagreed.

□ □ □ □ □ In today’s class, I gained a clearer understanding of both sides of the argument.

□ □ □ □ □In today’s class, my own views changed.

□ □ □ □ □In today’s class, my own views became more complex.

□ □ □ □ □In today’s class, my own views became stronger.

□ □ □ □ □I learned a lot using this teaching technique.

□ □ □ □ □I was able to share my opinion during this class.

□ □ □ □ □This teaching technique was effective in showing more than one side of the issue.

YesNo

□ □I have been a class that used this teaching technique before.

□ □I think this technique is a good way to have a controversial conversation.

How would you improve this teaching technique?

Please indicate how often you observed each of these behaviors during today’s class.

Almost Almost

NeverAlways

□ □ □ □ □Participants interrupted one another.

□ □ □ □ □Participants tried to see the issue from the perspective of oppressed persons.